Singapore:
PDPC Assesses Penalties Against Wine Company And Site Developer For Violations Of Data Protection Act
04 April 2017
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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On December 23, 2016, Singapore's Personal Data Protection
Commission ("PDPC") found that a wine company and its website
developer failed to make reasonable security arrangements to
prevent the unauthorized access of customers' personal data.
The wine company was ordered to conduct a security audit and patch
website vulnerabilities. The Commission imposed a financial penalty
of S$5,000 on the wine company and a financial penalty of S$3,000
on the site developer for violating the Personal Data Protection
Act of 2012.
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